US oil futures sank to six-week lows on Monday on expectations that major producers may raise output, while Asian stocks and US share futures gained on signs the United States and North Korea were still working towards holding a summit.

Global stock markets got a bounce Monday after the US and China effectively called a truce in what had been a spiralling trade dispute, letting investors heave a sigh of relief.
Analysts said China made no concrete commitments but still won at

Most Asia markets rose Monday as investors built on last week's rally, with another healthy lead from Wall Street providing support, but oil prices retreated from their three-and-a- half-year highs.
Malaysia's ringgit sank almost one

Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday on easing geopolitical concerns after US President Donald Trump announced he will meet with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
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Asian shares crept higher on Monday after a tame reading on U.S. wages lowered the risk of faster rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, although Sino-U.S. trade tensions and a looming deadline for the Iranian nuclear deal argued for caution.
Oil

Asian stocks began the new quarter on Monday with mild gains following a strong performance by global equities last week, while the dollar held steady ahead of key economic indicators.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside

Technology shares, which helped power the rise of the US stock market last year, are pulling it lower now.
The tech-rich Nasdaq index dropped 0.85% or almost 60 points to 6,949.2 on Wednesday, driven by declines in firms such as Amazon, Tesla and

Asian shares were hammered again on Monday as fears of a trade war between the United States and China took their toll, but the safe haven yen came off its highs and U.S. stock futures climbed as investors saw some light at the end of the tunnel.

Wall Street deepened its already sharp losses on Friday as fears of a global trade war ate even further into global equities. Meanwhile, the dollar fell and crude oil shot above $70 per barrel in New York on the appointment of a hawkish US national

Asian shares fell on Tuesday after investors took profits in high-flying US technology shares on fears of stiffer regulation as Facebook came under fire following reports it allowed improper access to user data.
The retreat came as investors braced

Asian share regained some ground on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump faced growing pressure from political allies to pull back from proposed steel and aluminum tariffs, easing investor worries about an imminent trade war.
Sentiment was

Stock markets in Asia on Friday extended a Wall Street rout, as investors were spooked by the specter of a global trade war after President Donald Trump announced the United States would impose hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Trump

Asian share markets were in a cautious mood on Monday as investors braced for an event-packed week headlined by U.S. inflation data and the first House testimony by the new head of the Federal Reserve.
Sentiment was fragile with the dollar losing

China and India are vying to invest in Bangladesh's stock exchange, a battle that has implications for the two regional powerhouses' rivalry in South Asia.
On one side is a consortium of the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges. Ranged

Wall Street stocks ended a bruising week on a benign note courtesy of a late-session surge Friday, while equity markets in Europe and Asia fell sharply in volatile trading.
US stocks lurched back and forth in a rollercoaster session, opening

US stocks suffered their worst falls in more than six years on Monday in a sell-off sparked by concerns of higher interest rates.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index tumbled 1,175 points, or 4.6% to close down at 24,345.75.
The White House

European shares staged a partial recovery from a slump in the previous session as investors surveyed a mixed bag of results from some of the region’s biggest industrial names.
The pan-European STOXX 600 gained 0.2 percent by 0830 GMT, in line